Merge pull request alphagov#7 from alphagov/ungraceful-nginx

Sam J Sharpe · Sam J Sharpe · commit 85ff1ee9136d · 2013-09-05T05:35:29.000-07:00
It was taking too long to turn it off &amp; on again
diff --git a/nginx.py b/nginx.py
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ def gracefulstop(wait=True):
         # Poll for Nginx, until it's no longer running.
         run('while pgrep nginx >/dev/null; do echo "Waiting for Nginx to exit.."; sleep 1; done')
 
+@task
+def killnginx():
+    """Shut down Nginx immediately without waiting for it to finish running"""
+    sudo('service nginx stop')
+
 @task
 def gracefulstart():
     """Start up Nginx on a machine"""
@@ -17,5 +22,5 @@ def gracefulstart():
 @task
 def hello_it():
     """Turns Nginx off and on again"""
-    gracefulstop()
+    killnginx()
     gracefulstart()
